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1 CSC320: Programming I Credit Hours: 3 Contact Hours: This is a 3-credit course, offered in accelerated format. This means that 16 weeks of material is covered in 8 weeks. The exact number of hours per week that you can expect to spend on each course will vary based upon the weekly coursework, as well as your study style and preferences. You should plan to spend hours per week in each course reading material, interacting on the discussion boards, writing papers, completing projects, and doing research. Course Description and Outcomes Course Description: This course provides students with the skills needed to become a java-oriented programmer. Students will learn to program applications using discrete structures and developing programs that access and update stored information from local databases and servers. Students will also learn the underlying features and use of programming language translation and static program analysis including run-time components such as memory management in different operating system environments. Course Overview: This course will introduce students to fundamental programming concepts using the Java Programming language. The course will start out by providing an overview of appropriate software development processes required to analyze and solve a problem using a process-based approach. Students will then be introduced to the basics of object-oriented programming concepts using the Java programming language. The concepts that will be learned include an understanding of basic data types, programming control structures, basic data structures, and algorithmic processes. Specifically, students will gain an understanding of developing programs with a focus on design structure, decision-making, utilizing loops, arrays, and objects to create a software program. Course Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate the use of algorithms, pseudocoding, and flowcharting as it relates to the problem-solving process. 2. Distinguish between basic data types, steps, and properties of programming languages. 3. Demonstrate how to implement fundamental data structures in programming. 4. Demonstrate the use of relational comparison operators and their precedence as it relates to a given problem. 5. Create appropriate sequence, selection, and repetition structures for a given programming assignment. 6. Demonstrate the use of arrays and arraylists. 7. Demonstrate how to apply programming constructs for reading and writing to text files, including basic file operations and sequential file processing. 8. Explain and identify concepts related to object-oriented programming.

2 9. Implement object-oriented classes that include appropriate class attributes and methods. Participation & Attendance Prompt and consistent attendance in your online courses is essential for your success at CSU-Global Campus. Failure to verify your attendance within the first 7 days of this course may result in your withdrawal. If for some reason you would like to drop a course, please contact your advisor. Online classes have deadlines, assignments, and participation requirements just like on-campus classes. Budget your time carefully and keep an open line of communication with your instructor. If you are having technical problems, problems with your assignments, or other problems that are impeding your progress, let your instructor know as soon as possible. Course Materials Textbook Information is located in the CSU-Global Booklist on the Student Portal. Course Schedule Due Dates The Academic Week at CSU-Global begins on Monday and ends the following Sunday. Discussion Boards: The original post must be completed by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. MT and Peer Responses posted by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT. Late posts may not be awarded points. Opening Exercises: Take the opening exercise before reading each week s content to see which areas you will need to focus on. You may take these exercises as many times as you need. The opening exercises will not affect your final grade. Mastery Exercises: Students may access and retake mastery exercises through the last day of class until they achieve the scores they desire. Critical Thinking: Assignments are due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Week # Readings Assignments Chapter 1 in Programming in Java with ZyLabs Discussion (25 points) Oracle. (n.d.). What is Java? Retrieved from 1 Oracle. (2013). The Java tutorials. Retrieved Critical Thinking (50 points) from Chapter 2 in Programming in Java with ZyLabs Discussion (25 points) 2 Critical Thinking (60 points) Chapter 3 in Programming in Java with ZyLabs Discussion (25 points) 3

3 Oracle. (2015). Variables. Retrieved from iables.html Oracle. (2015). Operators. Retrieved from erators.html Chapter 4 in Programming in Java with ZyLabs Oracle. (2015). The for statement. Retrieved from r.html Oracle. (2015). The while and do-while statements. Retrieved from hile.html Chapter 6 in Programming in Java with ZyLabs Oracle. (2015). Defining methods. Retrieved from Oracle. (2015). Passing information to a method or constructor. Retrieved from ts.html Chapter 5 in Programming in Java with ZyLabs Oracle. (2015). Arrays. Retrieved from rays.html Oracle. (2015). The list interface. Retrieved from s/list.html Chapters 9 & 13 in Programming in Java with ZyLabs Oracle. (2015). BASIC I/O. Retrieved from ml Oracle. (2015). Exceptions. Retrieved from /index.html Chapter 8 in Programming in Java with ZyLabs Oracle. (2015). Classes. Retrieved from html Oracle. (2015). Objects. Retrieved from html Assignment Details This course includes the following assignments/projects: Critical Thinking (60 points) Discussion (25 points) Critical Thinking (60 points) Discussion (25 points) Critical Thinking (70 points) Discussion (25 points) Critical Thinking (70 points) Discussion (25 points) Discussion (25 points) Portfolio (350 points)

4 Module 1 CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT (50 points) Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission. Option #1: Basic Programming Fictional Person Demonstrate understanding of basic programming concepts by: 1. Developing pseudocode that prints the following information for a fictional person: a. First Name b. Last Name c. Street Address d. City e. Zip code 2. Creating a simple Java application that will print the items listed above. : 1. Submit only your pseudocode, source code, successful compile, and final output as detailed in point #4. Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do Option #2: Basic Programming Local Restaurant Demonstrate understanding of basic programming concepts by: 1. Developing pseudocode that prints the following information for a restaurant in your city: a. Restaurant Name b. Business Address c. City d. State e. Zip Code f. Phone 2. Creating a simple Java application that will print the items listed above. : 1. Submit only your pseudocode, source code, successful compile, and final output as detailed in point #4.

5 Module 2 Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do PORTFOLIO PROJECT REMINDER Be sure to review the Portfolio Project Description and Portfolio Project Rubric in the Module 8 folder for details. CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT (60 points) Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission. Option #1: Data Types and Program Output Automobile Specs Develop a Java application that incorporates using appropriate data types and provides program output in a logical manner. Your program should prompt a user to enter a car brand, model, year, starting odometer reading, an ending odometer reading, and the estimated miles per gallon consumed by the vehicle. Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do Option #2: Data Types and Program Output Phone Provider

6 Module 3 Develop a Java application that incorporates using appropriate data types and provides program output in a logical manner. Your program should prompt a user to enter a phone provider (AT&T, Verizon, etc.), phone model, monthly plan minutes, monthly data limit, actual current minute usage, and actual current data usage. Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT (60 points) Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission. Option #1: Compound Relational Operators Weekly Tax Withholding Create a program that will calculate the weekly average tax withholding for a customer, given the following weekly income guidelines: Income less than $500: tax rate 10% Incomes greater than/equal to $500 and less than %1500: tax rate 15% Incomes greater than/equal to $1500 and less than $2500: tax rate 20% Incomes greater than/equal to $2500: tax rate 30% Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do

7 Module 4 Option #2: Compound Relational Operators Monthly Grocery Bill Create a program that can be used to calculate the average monthly grocery bill for a family of four: Prompt the user for weeks 1-4 grocery bill Calculate the monthly average for groceries Provide savings for a reduction of 10% in the grocery bill Provide savings for a reduction of 20% of the grocery bill Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT (60 points) Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission. Option #1: Repetition Control Structure Five Floating Point Values Write a program that utilizes a loop to read a set of five floating-point values from user input. Ask the user to enter the values; then print the following data: Total Average Maximum Minimum Interest at 20% for each original value entered by the user. Use the formula, Interest_value = Original_value + Original_value*(0.20)

8 Module 5 Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do Option #2: Repetition Control Structure Grade Statistics Write a program that will provide important statistics for the grades in a class. The program will utilize a loop to read five floating-point grades from user input. Ask the user to enter the values, then print the following data: Average Maximum Minimum Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT (70 points) Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission. Option #1: Method String Values in Reverse Order

9 Module 6 Write a method that will accept as input three string values from a user. The method will return to the user a concatenation of the string values in reverse order. Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do Option #2: Method Third String in Reverse Order Write a method that will accept as input three string values from a user. The method will return to the user a concatenation of the first two strings and will print the third string in reverse order. Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT (70 points)

10 Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission. Option #1: ArrayList Data Structure Daily Temperature Develop a Java program that will store data in the form of daily temperature for one week. Your program should prompt the user for the day of the week (Monday through Sunday) and the temperature for each day. Store the day and temperature in two different arraylists. The output for your program should provide the temperature for each day and the weekly average. Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do Option #2: ArrayList Data Structure Monthly Temperature Develop a Java program that will store data in the form of monthly temperature for a year. Your program should prompt the user for the month and the temperature to be stored for the 12-month calendar year. Store the month and temperature in two different arraylists. The output for your program should provide the temperature for each month and the yearly average. Make sure to maintain proper code alignment by using Courier font for this item. Do

11 Module 7 PORTFOLIO PROJECT REMINDER (Option #1 and Option #2) Regardless of which Critical Thinking Assignments you have completed throughout the course, you will be submitting corrections to your Critical Thinking Assignments from Modules 1-6 as part of your Final Portfolio Project. Begin working on appropriate corrections based on feedback from your instructor. Be sure to carefully document the corrections made for submission in Module 8. Module 8 PORTFOLIO PROJECT (350 points) Choose one of the following two projects to complete as your final Portfolio Project. Do not do both projects. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission. Option #1: Vehicle Inventory Program Your Portfolio Project for CSC 320 will consist of three components: 1. Program corrections: Make appropriate corrections to all the programming assignments submitted as Critical Thinking Assignments from Modules 1-6. You will need to submit the programs along with the carefully outlined corrections needed in order for programs to run correctly. 2. Lessons learned reflection: Create a two- or three-page summary that outlines the lessons learned in this Programming I course. 3. Final program: Create a final program that meets the requirements outlined below. Final Program Requirements Create an automobile class that will be used by a dealership as a vehicle inventory program. The following attributes should be present in your automobile class: private string make private string model private string color private int year private int mileage Your program should have appropriate methods such as: constructor add a new vehicle remove a vehicle update vehicle attributes At the end of your program, it should allow the user to output all vehicle inventory to a text file. Your final program submission materials must include your source code and screenshots of the application executing the application and the results. Compile your Module 1-6 programs with corrections, lessons learned reflection, and final program course code and application screenshots into a single Submit your completed Portfolio Project by the posted due date. Option #2: Home Inventory Class Your Portfolio Project for CSC 320 will consist of three components:

12 1. Program corrections: Make appropriate corrections to all the programming assignments submitted as Critical Thinking Assignments from Modules 1-6. You will need to submit the programs along with the carefully outlined corrections needed in order for programs to run correctly. 2. Lessons learned reflection: Create a two- or three-page summary that outlines the lessons learned in this Programming I course. 3. Final program: Create a final program that meets the requirements outlined below. Final Program Requirements Create a home inventory class that will be used by a National Builder to maintain inventory of available houses in the country. The following attributes should be present in your home class: private int square_feet private string address private string city private string state private int zip_code private string Model_name private string sale_status (sold, available, under contract) Your program should have appropriate methods such as: constructor add a new home remove a home update home attributes At the end of your program, it should allow the user to output all home inventory to a text file. Your final program submission materials must include your source code and screenshots of the application executing the application and the results. Compile your Module 1-6 programs with corrections, lessons learned reflection, and final program course code and application screenshots into a single Submit your completed Portfolio Project by the posted due date. Course Policies Course Grading 20% Discussion Participation 0% Opening Exercises 8% Mastery Exercises 37% Critical Thinking Assignments 35% Final Portfolio Paper In-Classroom Policies Grading Scale and Policies A A B B B C C D F 59.9 or below

13 For information on late work and incomplete grade policies, please refer to our In-Classroom Student Policies and Guidelines or the Academic Catalog for comprehensive documentation of CSU-Global institutional policies. Academic Integrity Students must assume responsibility for maintaining honesty in all work submitted for credit and in any other work designated by the instructor of the course. Academic dishonesty includes cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, plagiarism, reusing /re-purposing your own work (see CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements for percentage of repurposed work that can be used in an assignment), unauthorized possession of academic materials, and unauthorized collaboration. The CSU-Global Library provides information on how students can avoid plagiarism by understanding what it is and how to use the Library and Internet resources. Citing Sources with APA Style All students are expected to follow the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements when citing in APA (based on the APA Style Manual, 6th edition) for all assignments. For details on CSU-Global APA style, please review the APA resources within the CSU-Global Library under the APA Guide & Resources link. A link to this document should also be provided within most assignment descriptions in your course. Disability Services Statement CSU Global is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all persons with disabilities. Any student with a documented disability requesting academic accommodations should contact the Disability Resource Coordinator at and/or ada@csuglobal.edu for additional information to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Netiquette Respect the diversity of opinions among the instructor and classmates and engage with them in a courteous, respectful, and professional manner. All posts and classroom communication must be conducted in accordance with the student code of conduct. Think before you push the Send button. Did you say just what you meant? How will the person on the other end read the words? Maintain an environment free of harassment, stalking, threats, abuse, insults or humiliation toward the instructor and classmates. This includes, but is not limited to, demeaning written or oral comments of an ethnic, religious, age, disability, sexist (or sexual orientation), or racist nature; and the unwanted sexual advances or intimidations by , or on discussion boards and other postings within or connected to the online classroom. If you have concerns about something that has been said, please let your instructor know.